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Falcons rookie report: A whole lot of nothing in Week 1 of the 2024 season

The Atlanta Falcons are a veteran football team. I’m not saying this simply because they have older, more established players—though they do—but because in the early going they’re clearly going to favor playing those guys.

Exhibit A: A Week 1 loss to the Steelers where Falcons rookies played exactly zero snaps on either offense or defense. Only JD Bertrand took special teams snaps; Ruke Orhorhoro and Brandon Dorlus were actually inactive.

If this class is going to have a major impact, it will come later in the year and well into the future.